18 Mar 2024 TRAINER & JOCKEY FOCUS

Does Skelton's Festival success herald a changing of the guard?

Amidst all the hand-wringing over the quality of British competition against the Irish, one bright light shone through on a week dominated by the Willie Mullins winner machine. Four winners for the...

15 Mar 2024 FESTIVAL NEWS

Stratford novice Sine Nomine wins Cheltenham Foxhunter

The St James's Place Foxhunter turned in a feel-good story to close out Gold Cup day at Cheltenham with the victory of Sine Nomine, 22 years on from owning a previous winner of the race for Robin...

14 Mar 2024 RACE REPORTS

Snowden double a primer for Festival week

The wettest winter in living memory has played havoc with the launch of a new season's racing at Stratford, and the drama wasn't finished when Clerk of Course Nessie Chanter was forced to call a 7am...

9 Feb 2024 FEATURES

How to host the Greatest Show on Turf

Racing at Stratford gets underway on March 11 this year and, just like years past, a lot of work goes into organising each event, not least after the recent flooding affected our grandstands and...

25 Jan 2024 FESTIVAL NEWS

Dan Skelton Could Be Set For A Big Cheltenham Festival

Warwickshire-based trainer Dan Skelton is on course for one of his best seasons as a trainer. He remains in contention for a maiden Trainers’ Championship, and he is set to go into the Cheltenham...

22 Dec 2023 FESTIVAL NEWS

Protektorat has several Festival options this season

Dan Skelton’s gelding Protektorat has been one of the leading chasers in the UK and Ireland over the last couple of seasons. The highlight in that period was his Grade I success in the Betfair...

4 Nov 2023 RACE REPORTS

A damp end to a season of promise

And so the season was brought to a close in miserable November rain as Storm Cieran made its presence felt in the Midlands. Stratford ground staff, hoping for a good ground finale, were left ruing...

28 Oct 2023 RACE REPORTS

Mole Court produces emotional win for ailing owner

Stratford winner Mole Court stepped up on Friday to give part owner Ed Hoddell a magic moment as Cheltenham launched back into life after a five month break, with a 1/2l staying-on victory in an...